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Chickenpox: Vaccination

Commons · Question 73641 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse following the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine programme.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Sep 2025

The chickenpox vaccination programme is considered cost-effective and is expected to relieve pressures on health services that currently result from treating cases of chickenpox, saving the NHS an estimated £15 million a year in costs.The vaccination prog...